Off-screen Battlemap only on next-gen and PC for Battlefield 4

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Battlefield 4's second-screen map tracker (creatively called Battlemap) is just too fancy for current-gen systems. Electronic Arts detailed the new features in store for the next version of Battlelog to Engadget, revealing that Battlefield 4 will only support using mobile devices to keep an eye on the map on next-gen consoles and PC.

Don't throw your smartphone out the window just because it can't do Battlemap on current-gen; for one thing, it's still a perfectly good smartphone, and for another, you can use the Battlelog app to log into your Origin account and start playing faster. How? By scanning a QR code direct from the game, duh.

Do you think you'll make much use of Battlefield 4's mobile features?

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Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.